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A Diagrammatic Interpretation of the Boltzmann Equation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We study nonlinear response in weakly coupled nonequilibrium ϕ4\phi^4 theory in the context of both classical transport theory and real time quantum field theory, based on a generalized Kubo formula which we derive. A novel connection between these two approaches is established which provides a diagrammatic interpretation of the Boltzmann equation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0106292,
  title  = {A Diagrammatic Interpretation of the Boltzmann Equation},
  author = {M. E. Carrington and Hou Defu and R. Kobes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0106292},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages in RevTex with 4 Postscript figures